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Riding
Skill in riding terrestrial mounts. Higher skill allows you to keep your mount calm even in terrifying situations. Earn XP by riding in many different and dangerous locations.
Skill Type:	Other Skill
Max Level:	80
Skill Trainers:	Mythander, Pasha, Backfat

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Skill in riding terrestrial mounts. Higher skill allows you to keep your mount calm even in terrifying situations. Earn XP by riding in many different and dangerous locations.

Riding Overview

Riding is a skill that helps prospective humanoid equestrians command their horses or animals use their special mount-forms. Although Riding is not a skill used for combat, it will override active combat bars when the ability is being used.

In-Game Description

Skill in riding terrestrial mounts. Higher skill allows you to keep your mount calm even in terrifying situations. Earn XP by riding in many different and dangerous locations.

Training Riding

• Mythander in Eltibule teaches Riding to humanoids for a fee or in exchange for doing a quest, and also sells a mount. He also unlocks levels 51-60 and teaches some high-level riding abilities (Gallop and Gentle Horse). The horse-based riding skill is available to all humanoids, as well as Giant Bats and Rabbits. Other Beast Forms have alternative mount-forms.

• Silvia in Sun Vale teaches mount-form to Deer players who are at least level 25, as well as a unique speed-up that reduces mount anxiety and increases jump ability.

• Raul in Animal Town teaches mount-form to Cow players who are at least level 25, as well as a speed-up that consumes grass.

• Norbert in Animal Town teaches mount-form to Pig players who are at least level 25, as well as a speed-up that increases both land and water speed temporarily.

• Legs in Animal Town teaches mount-form to Spider players who are at least level 25, as well as a Move Those Legs speed boost.

• Mittens in Kur teaches mount-form to Spirit Fox players who are at least level 25 and have [Friends] favor.

• Sanja in Kur teaches the wolf mount-form to Lycan players who are at least level 30 in Lycanthropy. Hunting Speed (1 through 3) are now Wolf mount abilities (they used to be sidebar abilities), and are activated in the usual way at the Altar of Norala each month at Full Moon.

• Pasha in Ilmari unlocks Riding levels 61-70.

• Backfat in the Fae Realm unlocks Riding levels 71-80.

Note: At present, all beast form mounts use and benefit from the same riding tack as is used for horses (shoes, reins, saddles, and saddlebags), and the mount equipment UI shows a horse even for the mount forms where one is not actually used.

Note: If you have purchased and activated a pledge package that includes a mount and riding skill, you can redeem that for a single character on your account. You will receive one free horse, free riding skill at level 40, and a special level 40 50-slot "Easy Deluxe" saddlebag. Horse breeding pairs will be released at a future date. Current horses are considered to be an initial prototype version (Gen 1) for game testing purposes.

Connected Skills

Sub-Skills:

• N/A

Secondary Skills:

• Saddlery - Saddlery is a Leatherworking sub-skill used to create tack for horses, including saddles, saddlebags, and reins.
• Blacksmithing - Blacksmithing is used to create horseshoes.

Related Skills:

• Endurance - When Riding appears on a character's skill bar, stat boosts from combat skills are unavailable. Permanent stat increases from Endurance will remain active though.

Synergy Levels:

Bonus Synergy Levels for Riding can be obtained from the following skills and levels:

Animal Handling

Level 25, Level 75

Druid

Level 37

Endurance

Level 55, Level 75

Meditation

Level 35

Riding Complete Ability List

Icon	Level	Name	Description	Special	Effects	Stats	Source
	1	Hunting Speed	Increase your mount speed while traveling as a wolf. (This ability can only be used after you've unlocked it from the Altar of Norala.)	Increase mount maximum land speed +2. Lasts 5 minutes or until you are attacked.		Power Cost: 20 Range: 4 Cooldown: 10	Gift: Altar of Norala
	1	Hunting Speed 2	Increase your mount speed while traveling as a wolf. (This ability can only be used after you've unlocked it from the Altar of Norala.)	Increase mount maximum land speed +4. Lasts 5 minutes or until you are attacked.		Power Cost: 40 Range: 4 Cooldown: 10	Gift: Altar of Norala
	1	Hunting Speed 3	Increase your mount speed while traveling as a wolf. (This ability can only be used after you've unlocked it from the Altar of Norala.)	Increase mount maximum land speed +6. Lasts 5 minutes or until you are attacked.		Power Cost: 60 Range: 4 Cooldown: 10	Gift: Altar of Norala
	1	Lope	Boost your horse's max speed briefly. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max speed.)	Increase mount's top speed +5 for 15 seconds. Mount Anxiety Cost 10		Power Cost: 27 Range: 4 Cooldown: 30	Leveling
	3	Calm Horse	Lower your horse's anxiety with a calming word.	Restore: 20 Mount Anxiety		Power Cost: 30 Range: 4 Cooldown: 20	Leveling
	10	Coax	Coax your horse into accelerating much faster.	Mount Anxiety Cost 20		Power Cost: 38 Range: 4 Cooldown: 10	Leveling
	25	Cud Speed	Eat grass to increase your maximum mount speed. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max mount speed.) (Must be a cow.)	Increase mount's top speed +7 for 15 seconds. Consumes 1 grass.		Power Cost: 38 Range: 5 Cooldown: 15	Training: Raul Training: Suspicious Cow
	25	Bounding Speed	Boost your max mount speed and jumping power, while simultaneously calming yourself. Speed is life. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max mount speed.) (Must be a deer.)	Increase mount's top speed +9 and leap power +5 for 15 seconds. Restore: 20 Mount Anxiety		Power Cost: 32 Range: 4 Cooldown: 30	Training: Silvia
	25	Porcine Speed	Boost your max mount speed on land and water, while simultaneously calming yourself. Move in the flow. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max mount speed.) (Must be a pig.)	Increase mount's top land and water speed +9 for 15 seconds. Restore: 30 Mount Anxiety		Power Cost: 32 Range: 4 Cooldown: 30	Training: Norbert
	25	Move Those Legs!	Skate a LOT faster for a moment, boosting your max land speed dramatically.	Increase mount's top land speed +15 for 7 seconds.		Power Cost: 53 Range: 4 Cooldown: 60	Training: Legs
	35	Canter	Boost your horse's max speed briefly. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max speed.)	Increase mount's top speed +8 for 15 seconds. Mount Anxiety Cost 20		Power Cost: 64 Range: 4 Cooldown: 45	Leveling
	50	Soothe Horse	Lower your horse's anxiety with a soothing gesture.	Restore: 40 Mount Anxiety		Power Cost: 77 Range: 4 Cooldown: 40	Leveling
	70	Gallop	Boost your horse's max speed briefly. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max speed.)	Increase mount's top speed +11 for 15 seconds. Mount Anxiety Cost 30		Power Cost: 96 Range: 4 Cooldown: 60	Training: Mythander
	80	Gentle Horse	Lower your horse's anxiety with a practiced gentle demeanor.	Restore: 60 Mount Anxiety		Power Cost: 107 Range: 4 Cooldown: 60	Training: Mythander

Riding Mechanics

Learning Riding

When Riding is first obtained, the ability Lope is automatically learned. A horse icon will also appear in the right-side menu between the social window and settings. This icon grants access to the Mount Window. Hot-keys can also be assigned to mount, unmount, and open saddlebag storage.

Acquiring Riding Experience

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How do I get better at Riding?

By riding of course! And I have a technique for getting better fast: you should ride in lots of different places, and always ride near dangerous monster.

I should ride TOWARD dangerous monsters?

Just ride near enemies -- don't get so close that you get injured! Just get close enough for the horse to experience anxiety. Then you can practice overcoming that anxiety.

So I should just ride around monsters? Like, in a loop?

No, no! You can't get better if you just stay in the same area. You have to ride near different monsters in many different places! Explore all types of terrain, and dodge monsters everywhere you go.

That's how you get better at riding: keep exploring! Keep fleeing!

That sounds insane, but you're the riding expert.

— Mythander

Experience in the Riding skill is earned by riding near enemies then successfully escaping from them without being forcibly removed from a mount. Increasing Riding level improves health and armor while in mount-form.

• The map of each zone where Riding is possible is divided into an invisible grid of squares. This grid is not visible in-game.
• When experience points are first earned in a square of the grid, that square is added to an internal list of completed squares.
• The Riding system only keeps track of a certain number of grid squares. Once it reaches its limit, the earliest entry on the list is dropped and experience can be earned there again.
• At Riding Level 30, player-crafted reins can be equipped with an enchantment that indicates whether a grid square has been completed or not. If the square has already rewarded experience, a small check appears.
• Some adventurers will ride directly past an enemy in an attempt to earn experience, while others prefer to pass in a wide arc. Both methods can be used successfully, but ultimately all that is important is that a mount gains some anxiety from the encounter.

Riding Maps

Click expand for each zone to see a player-created map of areas Riding XP can be earned in.

Serbule Riding Map

Serbule Hills Riding Map

Eltibule Riding Map

Sun Vale Riding Map

Kur Mountains Riding Map

Ilmari Riding Map

Rahu Riding Map

Gazluk Riding Map

Fae Realm Riding Map

Povus Riding Map

Mount Window

The Mount Window provides statistics for an active horse or for a beast-form players mount form, a button to mount or dismount, and slots to equip horse tack. (Beast forms at present use standard horse tack to improve their Riding stats.) It should be noted that mount equipment is tied to equipment loadouts, therefore you will need to equip your mount (or mount form) with your desired tack and save it for each loadout.

Horse Stats

Three categories of horse stats are available through the Mount Window. Additional information about a horse can be seen when it is in a stable.

General Stats

• Saddlebag Size
• Mystic Saddlebag?
• Show Mount Speedometer?
• Show "Riding XP Earned" Checkmark?

Mount Speed

• Top Speed (Land)
• Top speed (Shallow Water)
• Top Speed (When Swimming)
• Turning Speed (Land)
• Turning Radius (Shallow Water)
• Turning Radius (When Swimming)
• Acceleration (Land)
• Acceleration (Shallow Water)
• Acceleration (When Swimming)
• Jump Power

Mount Anxiety

• Cur Mount Anxiety
• Max Mount Anxiety
• Anxiety Reduction Per Sec (Riding)
• Anxiety Reduction Per Sec (Stabled)
• Mount Resilience to Damage

Stable Stats

• Name
• Level
• Bond Level
• Husbandry
• Tamed
• Stabled
• Ferocity
• Toughness
• Ruggedness
• Enthusiasm
• Friendliness
• Intelligence
• Fertility

Generation 1 Horse

The Generation 1 horse could be obtained from Mythander after the February 2, 2022 Game Update. It could also be unlocked by characters with appropriate pledge packages.

Equipment

See Saddlery and Blacksmithing.

Riding Treasure Effects

See also: Riding/Treasure Effects:By Slot

See also: Riding/Treasure Effects:By Ability

Riding Stat Bonuses

These bonuses will only be applied when this skill is active.

Riding Level Up Rewards

Riding Experience Table

Trivia

• Riding was introduced in February 2022! Mount forms for Cows, Deer, Pigs, and Werewolves were added in June 2022.

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